IN THE MATTER OF L.B.

No. 7A08

(Filed 10 October 2008)

Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. ยง 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 187 N.C. App. 326, 653 S.E.2d 240 (2007), dismissing an appeal from a judgment entered on 2 February 2007 by Judge Marvin P. Pope, Jr. in District Court, Buncombe County. Heard in the Supreme Court 10 September 2008.

J. Suzanne Smith, for petitioner-appellee Buncombe County Department of Social Services.

Jerry W. Miller and Michael Tousey, Attorney Advocates for appellee Guardian ad Litem for L.B.

Richard E. Jester for respondent-appellant mother.

Hartsell & Williams, P.A., by Christy E. Wilhelm, for respondent-appellant father.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

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